Deadline: 3 February, 23:59 (GMT)

Funding of approximately £16k-20k will be available to support the symposium provided by the University of Sheffield’s School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, the LMS, the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) and the Isaac Newton Institute (INI).

Alison Etheridge, Professor of Probability, University of Oxford, and President, Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, has been appointed Dame Commander (DBE) in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to the mathematical sciences. 

Registration is now open for the joint British Mathematics Colloquium (BMC) & British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC). This takes place from mid-day 23 June to mid-day 26 June (2025) at the University of Exeter.

The results of the 2024 LMS Elections to Council and Nominating Committee were announced at the Annual General Meeting on 22 November 2024.

The President, Professor Jens Marklof FRS, was elected for a term of two years in November 2022, taking office as President in November 2023.

Officers of Council

Deadline: 31 January, 23:59 (GMT)

Nominations are invited for the Hirst Prize and Lectureship in 2025. Jointly awarded by the LMS and the British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM), the Hirst Prize recognizes contributions to the study of the history of mathematics. The prize is awarded for original and innovative work in the history of mathematics, which may be in any medium.

A new report by the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences (AcadMathSci), released on 22 October, shows that the mathematical sciences contributed an extraordinary £495 billion a year to the UK economy in 2023.